“It is an honor and a thrill to partner with a developer of Image & Form’s caliber and renown in order to bring the physical boxed version of these two smash hits, critically-acclaimed SteamWorld games to new audiences across the globe,” said Martin Defries, Managing Director of Rising Star Games. “These are deep, rewarding, intricately designed, and gorgeous-looking games that, paired together, present an extremely compelling proposition for gamers.”

SteamWorld Collection will release in USA, Canada and South America on PS4 and Wii U in early October priced at $29.99. In Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East, the PS4 edition will be available from Rising Star Games in early October, priced £29.99/€29.99.

SteamWorld Dig

SteamWorld Dig is a platform mining adventure where you dig tunnels, collect rare minerals, sell them for better equipment and take on the terrors of the underground - while Rusty undergoes the strangest of transformations.

The clock has stopped around the turn of the 19th century, and humankind has prematurely blown itself to bits.

The remaining scraps are huddling in caves beneath the surface, and steam-powered robots have taken over the Wild West. A horror scenario? No, rather the setting for SteamWorld Dig. Don’t worry: the robots are the good guys. And you’re one of them.

You play the protagonist, Rusty - a lone-wolf, steam-powered cowbot who has come to an old mining town in great need. While digging your way through the old earth for riches and helping the townfolks get back on their feet, you unwittingly wake an ancient evil that lurks below...

The objective is mining, the controls are those of a platformer, and it’s a story-driven game with a defined beginning and end. It’s been compared to Minecraft and Terraria, but those are sandbox games and not that similar to SteamWorld Dig — which is more of a Metroidvania type of game. You dig down, find gems and minerals, get back up to the surface, sell the loot to upgrade your equipment, and go back down again. Both soil and enemies get tougher the further down you go, and also other aspects of the environment.

SteamWorld Dig is a dense and immersive experience, and it contains no filler. It’s designed so that the hours you spend with the game will be the best hours you’ve spent in a long time.

SteamWorld Heist

SteamWorld Heist is a game about space adventures and survival. Recruit a team of ragtag robots to explore and scavenge the remains of a destroyed world. Board enemy ships and command your crew in a unique variety of turn-based combat.

Taking place some time after SteamWorld Dig, a cataclysmic event has shattered the planet and forced its population into steam-driven spaceships.

In SteamWorld Heist, you command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts. It’s turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action! As the captain you will board, loot and shoot your way through enemy spaceships. Overcome the challenges of the vast frontier by upgrading your recruits with unique abilities, weapons – and even stylish hats!

It’s a robot-eat-robot world out there, and water is desperately hard to come by.

Key Features

• Strategy focused on skill rather than chance
• Procedurally generated levels
• 15-20 hours of playtime, followed by New Game+
• Kind to newcomers, deep and challenging for veterans
• Expand the game with DLC
• Soundtrack by Steam Powered Giraffe